quantity
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According to the preliminary investigation, detectives said that they believed a “large quantity of fireworks ignited, causing the explosion.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 5, 2026
The government effectively argued that Carpenter turned on quantity.
From Slate • Jun. 29, 2026
The Central American side are a relatively unknown quantity, but they are an exciting team whose results do not paint a true picture of their performances in the tournament.
From BBC • Jun. 27, 2026
The fall came as the rocket and satellite company disclosed plans for an "inaugural" bond offering of unspecified quantity.
From Barron's • Jun. 23, 2026
Here the theorem provides the theoretical support for the fact that the measurements of any quantity tend to follow a normal bell-shaped “error curve” centered on the true value of the quantity being measured.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
Vocabulary lists containing quantity
The Number System
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40 SAT words Beginning with "Q"
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Expressions and Equations
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